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package org.boapi.util;

/**
 * <span lang='en'>Help functions for char sequences</span>
 * <span lang='de'>Hilfsmethoden für Zeichenketten</span>
 * @author Sebastian Ritter
 * @version 2.0.0.0
 */
public class CharSequenceHelper {
	
	/**
	 * Create a int [] from given CharSequence like String
	 * @param string
	 * @return int []
	 * @throws NumberFormatException
	 */
	public static int [] toIntArray (final CharSequence string) throws NumberFormatException {
		final char[] ca = string.toString().trim().toCharArray(); 
		int [] result = new int [ca.length];
		for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
			result [i] = (int) ca[i];
		}
		return result;
	}
}